Publication Detail

Report to Congress: Evaluating the Consensus Best Practices Developed through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Collaborative Hazardous Waste Management Demonstration Project and the Need for Regulatory Changes to Carry Out Project Recommendations

Document Date:

03/01/2002

Description:

The Report was prepared at the direction of the Fiscal Year 2001 Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Committee (Senate Report 106-410 and House Report 106-674 accompanying H.R. 4635). The Report discusses a collaborative project EPA participated in with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ten major academic research institutions, and states. The collaborative project established and evaluated a performance-based approach to management of hazardous wastes in the laboratories of academic research institutions.